GAME THREAD: NBA: SACRAMENTO (0-2) at DALLAS (1-1)

NBA: SACRAMENTO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NBA SACRAMENTO 98
DALLAS 123 1:12 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: SACRAMENTO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NBA SACRAMENTO 102
DALLAS 123 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: SACRAMENTO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SACRAMENTO 25 31 27 19 102
DALLAS 37 36 28 22 123 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: SAC - KEVIN MARTIN 28, JOHN SALMONS 27,
FRANCISCO GARCIA 23
DAL - JOSH HOWARD 27, JOSE BAREA 25, DIRK
NOWITZKI 24</div>

 

NBA: SACRAMENTO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
SACRAMENTO 102
DALLAS 123 FINAL</div>

 

DALLAS (Ticker) -- Jose Juan Barea gave the Dallas Mavericks anunexpected jolt on Saturday night.


Barea scored 25 points, including a barrage of 3-pointers, asthe Mavericks routed the lowly Sacramento Kings, 123-102, intheir home opener Saturday night.


In his return from a two-game suspension, Josh Howard scored 27points and reigning MVP Dirk Nowitzki added 24 for Dallas, whichbounced back from a disappointing loss to the young AtlantaHawks on Friday night.


Barea was starting in place of the injured Devin Harris, wholeft Friday's game with a left thigh contusion after runninginto Hawks forward Josh Smith midway through the third quarter.

An undrafted guard out of Northeastern, Barea was making justhis second career start. He spent most of last season as alittle-used reserve, averaging just 7.0 points.


This season, however, Mavericks coach Avery Johnson decided touse star guard Jason Terry as a spark off the bench, opening upa slot in the starting five for Barea, who shot 9-of-11 from thefield, including 4-of-4 from the arc.


Ironically, Howard returned from his suspension against the teamwhich baited him into a preseason scuffle - leading to hispenalty.


He shot 10-of-17 from the field, including 1-of-4 from the arc,on Saturday.


The Mavericks took command of the contest in the third, taking a89-67 lead - their largest of the game - on Terry's two freethrows at 5:31.


Dallas never trailed and opened the game with a 14-4 run thatwas capped by Nowitzki's tip-in at the 7:18 mark of the openingperiod. The All-Star forward had six points and Howard addedfour in the spurt.


Kevin Martin scored 28 points and John Salmon added 27 for theKings, who continued to play without point guard Mike Bibby(thumb) and forward Ron Artest (suspension).

 

NBA: SACRAMENTO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">SACRAMENTO (102) AT DALLAS (123)

SACRAMENTO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

J SALMONS 40:09 10-18 7-7 3 2 5 4 1 1 4 27
M MOORE F 27:46 2-4 0-0 1 2 3 2 4 0 2 4
B MILLER C 27:53 3-7 0-0 3 1 4 1 5 0 1 6
K MARTIN G 41:03 6-14 15-15 0 6 6 0 1 2 1 28
F GARCIA G 40:40 8-10 5-5 0 1 1 6 3 3 1 23
K THOMAS 6:06 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Q DOUBY 12:47 0-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
S ABDUR-RAHIM F 8:57 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4
O GREENE 9:21 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
D WATKINS 25:18 2-6 2-5 3 2 5 0 3 1 4 6
R ARTEST DNP - COACH'S DECISION
B UDRIH DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 35-70 29-32 11 16 27 14 21 8 15 102
(.500) (.906) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 16 (29 PTS)

DALLAS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

E JONES F 14:31 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
D NOWITZKI F 29:52 9-11 6-6 2 2 4 7 2 0 2 24
D DIOP C 25:31 3-3 2-3 1 7 8 0 4 0 2 8
J HOWARD G 32:50 10-17 6-7 1 6 7 5 2 1 1 27
J BAREA G 28:35 9-11 3-3 0 1 1 5 2 1 4 25
J TERRY 29:12 5-8 4-5 0 1 1 5 3 2 1 16
J STACKHOUSE 13:59 3-6 0-0 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 6
B BASS 20:08 4-6 3-3 2 1 3 2 3 0 2 11
T HASSELL 21:21 2-3 0-0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 4
M AGER 3:32 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
N FAZEKAS 3:06 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J HOWARD 17:23 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 45-69 26-29 7 24 31 29 22 5 14 123
(.652) (.897) TEAM REBS: 1 TOTAL TO: 15 (22 PTS)

SACRAMENTO 25 31 27 19 - 102
DALLAS 37 36 28 22 - 123

BLOCKED SHOTS: SACRAMENTO - NONE, DALLAS - J HOWARD 2, B BASS 2, D NOWITZKI.

3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SACRAMENTO 3-7 (.429), J SALMONS 0-1, K MARTIN 1-
2, F GARCIA 2-3, Q DOUBY 0-1. DALLAS 7-14 (.500), E JONES 0-2, J BAREA 4-
4, J TERRY 2-2, J STACKHOUSE 0-1, T HASSELL 0-1, J HOWARD 1-4.
TECHNICAL FOULS: DALLAS - DEFENSIVE THREE 2.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: DEREK RICHARDSON, MARK WUNDERLICH, TONY BROWN.
A - 20,343. T - 2:15.</div>

 

NBA: SACRAMENTO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">SACRAMENTO (102)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
J Salmons 40:09 10-18 7-7 3-5 4 1 27
M Moore 27:46 2-4 0-0 1-3 2 4 4
B Miller 27:53 3-7 0-0 3-4 1 5 6
K Martin 41:03 6-14 15-15 0-6 0 1 28
F Garcia 40:40 8-10 5-5 0-1 6 3 23
K Thomas 6:06 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2
Q Douby 12:47 0-3 0-0 1-2 0 1 0
S Abdur-Rahim 8:57 2-3 0-0 0-1 0 1 4
O Greene 9:21 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 2
D Watkins 25:18 2-6 2-5 3-5 0 3 6
R Artest DNP - COACH'S DECISION
B Udrih DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 35-70 29-32 11-27 14 21 102
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.500, FT-.906. 3-Point Goals:
3-7, .429 (J Salmons 0-1, K Martin 1-2, F
Garcia 2-3, Q Douby 0-1). Team Rebounds: 6.
Blocked Shots: 0. Turnovers:15 (J Salmons
4, D Watkins 4, M Moore 2, S Abdur-Rahim, O
Greene, F Garcia, K Martin, B Miller).
Steals: 8 (F Garcia 3, K Martin 2, J Salmons,
D Watkins, O Greene).


DALLAS (123)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
E Jones 14:31 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0
D Nowitzki 29:52 9-11 6-6 2-4 7 2 24
D Diop 25:31 3-3 2-3 1-8 0 4 8
J Howard 32:50 10-17 6-7 1-7 5 2 27
J Barea 28:35 9-11 3-3 0-1 5 2 25
J Terry 29:12 5-8 4-5 0-1 5 3 16
J Stackhouse 13:59 3-6 0-0 1-1 4 0 6
B Bass 20:08 4-6 3-3 2-3 2 3 11
T Hassell 21:21 2-3 0-0 0-3 0 2 4
M Ager 3:32 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 0 2
N Fazekas 3:06 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
J Howard 17:23 0-1 0-0 0-3 0 3 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 45-69 26-29 7-31 29 22 123
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.652, FT-.897. 3-Point Goals:
7-14, .500 (E Jones 0-2, J Barea 4-4, J Terry
2-2, J Stackhouse 0-1, T Hassell 0-1, J
Howard 1-4). Team Rebounds: 1. Blocked
Shots:5 (J Howard 2, B Bass 2, D Nowitzki).
Turnovers:14 (J Barea 4, D Diop 2, B Bass 2,
D Nowitzki 2, J Stackhouse, J Terry, J
Howard, T Hassell). Steals: 5 (J Terry 2, J
Stackhouse, J Howard, J Barea).

--------------------------------------------
SACRAMENTO 25 31 27 19 - 102
DALLAS 37 36 28 22 - 123
--------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: Dallas - 2 (Defensive Three,
4:32 1st; Defensive Three, 11:45 3rd).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 20,343. T: 2:15.
Officials: Derek Richardson, Mark Wunderlich,
Tony Brown.</div>

 

NBA: SACRAMENTO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SACRAMENTO 25 31 27 19 102
DALLAS 37 36 28 22 123 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: SAC - KEVIN MARTIN 28, JOHN SALMONS 27,
FRANCISCO GARCIA 23
DAL - JOSH HOWARD 27, JOSE BAREA 25, DIRK
NOWITZKI 24

HIGH REBOUND: SAC - KEVIN MARTIN 6, JOHN SALMONS 5, DARRYL
WATKINS 5
DAL - DESAGANA DIOP 8, JOSH HOWARD 7, DIRK
NOWITZKI 4

HIGH ASSISTS: SAC - FRANCISCO GARCIA 6, JOHN SALMONS 4,
MIKKI MOORE 2
DAL - DIRK NOWITZKI 7, THREE PLAYERS WITH 5

ATT: 20,343</div>

 

NBA: SACRAMENTO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">SACRAMENTO (102) AT DALLAS (123)

SACRAMENTO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

J SALMONS F 40:09 10-18 7-7 3 2 5 4 1 1 4 27
M MOORE F 27:46 2-4 0-0 1 2 3 2 4 0 2 4
B MILLER C 27:53 3-7 0-0 3 1 4 1 5 0 1 6
K MARTIN G 41:03 6-14 15-15 0 6 6 0 1 2 1 28
F GARCIA G 40:40 8-10 5-5 0 1 1 6 3 3 1 23
K THOMAS 6:06 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Q DOUBY 12:47 0-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
S ABDUR-RAHIM 8:57 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4
O GREENE 9:21 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
D WATKINS 25:18 2-6 2-5 3 2 5 0 3 1 4 6
R ARTEST DNP - COACH'S DECISION
B UDRIH DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 35-70 29-32 11 16 27 14 21 8 15 102
(.500) (.906) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 16 (29 PTS)

DALLAS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

E JONES F 14:31 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
D NOWITZKI F 29:52 9-11 6-6 2 2 4 7 2 0 2 24
D DIOP C 25:31 3-3 2-3 1 7 8 0 4 0 2 8
J HOWARD G 32:50 10-17 6-7 1 6 7 5 2 1 1 27
J BAREA G 28:35 9-11 3-3 0 1 1 5 2 1 4 25
J TERRY 29:12 5-8 4-5 0 1 1 5 3 2 1 16
J STACKHOUSE 13:59 3-6 0-0 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 6
B BASS 20:08 4-6 3-3 2 1 3 2 3 0 2 11
T HASSELL 21:21 2-3 0-0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 4
M AGER 3:32 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
N FAZEKAS 3:06 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J HOWARD 17:23 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 45-69 26-29 7 24 31 29 22 5 14 123
(.652) (.897) TEAM REBS: 1 TOTAL TO: 15 (22 PTS)

SACRAMENTO 25 31 27 19 - 102
DALLAS 37 36 28 22 - 123

BLOCKED SHOTS: SACRAMENTO - NONE, DALLAS - J HOWARD 2, B BASS 2, D NOWITZKI.

3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SACRAMENTO 3-7 (.429), J SALMONS 0-1, K MARTIN 1-
2, F GARCIA 2-3, Q DOUBY 0-1. DALLAS 7-14 (.500), E JONES 0-2, J BAREA 4-
4, J TERRY 2-2, J STACKHOUSE 0-1, T HASSELL 0-1, J HOWARD 1-4.
TECHNICAL FOULS: DALLAS - DEFENSIVE THREE 2.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: DEREK RICHARDSON, MARK WUNDERLICH, TONY BROWN.
A - 20,343. T - 2:15.</div>

 

NBA: SACRAMENTO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">SACRAMENTO (102)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
J Salmons 40:09 10-18 7-7 3-5 4 1 27
M Moore 27:46 2-4 0-0 1-3 2 4 4
B Miller 27:53 3-7 0-0 3-4 1 5 6
K Martin 41:03 6-14 15-15 0-6 0 1 28
F Garcia 40:40 8-10 5-5 0-1 6 3 23
K Thomas 6:06 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2
Q Douby 12:47 0-3 0-0 1-2 0 1 0
S Abdur-Rahim 8:57 2-3 0-0 0-1 0 1 4
O Greene 9:21 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 2
D Watkins 25:18 2-6 2-5 3-5 0 3 6
R Artest DNP - COACH'S DECISION
B Udrih DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 35-70 29-32 11-27 14 21 102
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.500, FT-.906. 3-Point Goals:
3-7, .429 (J Salmons 0-1, K Martin 1-2, F
Garcia 2-3, Q Douby 0-1). Team Rebounds: 6.
Blocked Shots: 0. Turnovers:15 (J Salmons
4, D Watkins 4, M Moore 2, S Abdur-Rahim, O
Greene, F Garcia, K Martin, B Miller).
Steals: 8 (F Garcia 3, K Martin 2, J Salmons,
D Watkins, O Greene).


DALLAS (123)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
E Jones 14:31 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0
D Nowitzki 29:52 9-11 6-6 2-4 7 2 24
D Diop 25:31 3-3 2-3 1-8 0 4 8
J Howard 32:50 10-17 6-7 1-7 5 2 27
J Barea 28:35 9-11 3-3 0-1 5 2 25
J Terry 29:12 5-8 4-5 0-1 5 3 16
J Stackhouse 13:59 3-6 0-0 1-1 4 0 6
B Bass 20:08 4-6 3-3 2-3 2 3 11
T Hassell 21:21 2-3 0-0 0-3 0 2 4
M Ager 3:32 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 0 2
N Fazekas 3:06 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
J Howard 17:23 0-1 0-0 0-3 0 3 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 45-69 26-29 7-31 29 22 123
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.652, FT-.897. 3-Point Goals:
7-14, .500 (E Jones 0-2, J Barea 4-4, J Terry
2-2, J Stackhouse 0-1, T Hassell 0-1, J
Howard 1-4). Team Rebounds: 1. Blocked
Shots:5 (J Howard 2, B Bass 2, D Nowitzki).
Turnovers:14 (J Barea 4, D Diop 2, B Bass 2,
D Nowitzki 2, J Stackhouse, J Terry, J
Howard, T Hassell). Steals: 5 (J Terry 2, J
Stackhouse, J Howard, J Barea).

--------------------------------------------
SACRAMENTO 25 31 27 19 - 102
DALLAS 37 36 28 22 - 123
--------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: Dallas - 2 (Defensive Three,
4:32 1st; Defensive Three, 11:45 3rd).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 20,343. T: 2:15.
Officials: Derek Richardson, Mark Wunderlich,
Tony Brown.</div>

 

DALLAS (Ticker) -- Jose Juan Barea gave the Dallas Mavericks anunexpected jolt on Saturday night.


Barea scored 25 points, including a barrage of 3-pointers, asthe Mavericks routed the lowly Sacramento Kings, 123-102, intheir home opener Saturday night.


In his return from a two-game suspension, Josh Howard scored 27points and reigning MVP Dirk Nowitzki added 24 for Dallas ,which bounced back from a disappointing loss to the youngAtlanta Hawks on Friday night.


"It's just another game," Howard said. "You know how I approachgames. I play hard every game. It's just great to be back forthe season. After taking the four-month break off, I'm justready to go."


Barea was starting in place of the injured Devin Harris, wholeft Friday's game with a left thigh contusion after runninginto Hawks forward Josh Smith midway through the third quarter.

An undrafted guard out of Northeastern, Barea was making justhis second career start. He spent most of last season as alittle-used reserve, averaging just 7.0 points.


"I just came out trying to attack the paint, like coach wants meto do," Barea said. "Attack the paint as much as I can and,sometimes I would score and sometimes I was making the pass. Itworked out fine. I think I set the tempo."


Nowitzki, the team's leader, was the most complimentary of histeammate.


"(Barea's) improved a lot since his first year," Nowitzki said."I think he learned a lot last year. That rookie season, it'salways hard, but he had a great summer league, which is alwaysgood.


"He's been great. He's been getting to the basket, working onhis jump shot. He can penetrate and dish. Every time he comesin, it's like a breath of fresh air. He's been playing great."

This season, however, Mavericks coach Avery Johnson decided touse star guard Jason Terry as a spark off the bench, opening upa slot in the starting five for Barea, who shot 9-of-11 from thefield, including 4-of-4 from the arc.


"Oh yeah, it worked out fine," Barea said. "He gave me theopportunity, and I took advantage of it. I think he's proud ofme right now. I'm just happy, just happy."


Ironically, Howard returned from his suspension against the teamwhich baited him into a preseason scuffle - leading to hispenalty.


He shot 10-of-17 from the field, including 1-of-4 from the arc,on Saturday.


"It really doesn't matter," Howard said. "We've got so manyguys who can fill it up. As long as I stay consistent with mygame and play whenever my team needs me."


The Mavericks took command of the contest in the third, taking a89-67 lead - their largest of the game - on Terry's two freethrows at 5:31.


Dallas never trailed and opened the game with a 14-4 run thatwas capped by Nowitzki's tip-in at the 7:18 mark of the openingperiod. The All-Star forward had six points and Howard addedfour in the spurt.


"I'd like to thank J.J. (Barea) for getting us off to a quickstart," Howard said. "He came in and replaced Devin and did agreat job leading the team."


Kevin Martin scored 28 points and John Salmon added 27 for theKings, who continued to play without point guard Mike Bibby(thumb) and forward Ron Artest (suspension).


"We know the cavalry is coming," Kings coach Reggie Theus said."We know that we're going to be a different team by the middleof the season. Somehow, someway we got to find out a way to wina few games in the process.


"And we've got to compete. Regardless of who's on the floor,you've got to compete every night. There's certain effort-basedthings that can't change. We just have to find a way to puttogether 48 minutes."